West

  • lords and retainers
    • kings > local nobles > knights/clergy > peasants/serfs
  • Pope= #1 figure head of entire western europe
  • population increase
  • agricultural boom
    • horse-collar, horse-shoe, metal plows,
    • all sped up production
  • Charlemenge
    • first holy roman emperor
    • appointed by pope
    • seen as a legitimate successor to roman emperors
  • decentralized rule throughout, except for Pope's influence
  • attempts to reestablish Roman rule over mediterranean and eastern Europe
    • crusades and politics of conversion
  • German tribal and Muslim invasions (Magyars, Vikings, Muslims)
East
  • Byzantine
    • strongly resented imperial rule of western europe
    • called themselves romaioi "Romans' also under the rule of Justinian had the old Roman laws reviewed. These laws were put into the book Corpus iuris civilis.
    • revival of Greek/Roman culture
    • seriously disrupted Western economy
    • theme system of Byzantine
    • supported aristocracy
  • constant attacks from westerners
    • crusades
  • crusaders sacked Constantinople
    • never fully recovered
    • final fall came from the Ottoman Turks
  • Converted to orthodox Christianity
- Patriarch= #1 figurehead of eastern orthodox church
  • Cyril and Methodius
    • Slavic monks
    • devised alphabet known as Cyrillic which became popular with the Slavic populous
  • conversion of Russia to orthodox Christianity
    • Prince Vladimir of Kiev. He subjected his subjects to follow his example of converting to the Orthodox Church
    • establishes firm, Cesaropapist control over Russian orthodox church
thesis statement: Eastern and western Europe's social and political developements varied widely by means of agriculture, religious beliefs and political agendas

done by: Nathan N, Kelly C.
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